Arald
Arald brings his dead bride Maria to a pagan Seer and asks him to revive her. The Seer turns Arald into a ghost, and Maria awakens. At dawn, the lovers embrace and are swallowed by the earth, leaving the Seer behind.
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Arald brings his dead bride Maria to a pagan Seer and asks him to revive her. The Seer turns Arald into a ghost, and Maria awakens. At dawn, the lovers embrace and are swallowed by the earth, leaving the Seer behind.
Ottoman sultan Baiazid demands the surrender of Mircea the Old. Peace talks fail, and Mircea vows to fight. The chorus recounts the ensuing battle and Wallachian victory, including the bravery of Mircea’s son Mihail. Mihail writes to his wife, telling her of the triumph and promising to return.
In sixteenth-century Prague, Rabbi Lőw creates a living Golem from clay. The Golem falls in love with the rabbi’s granddaughter Anna, and his touch and kiss infect her with a fatal illness. The rabbi destroys the Golem to save Anna.
During the 1784 Transylvanian peasant revolt, Horia first seeks reforms from the governor, then becomes commander of the uprising. He urges the serfs to resist vengeance, but the revolt is defeated. Horia and Cloșca are captured and sentenced to death; Ileana’s plea for clemency is rejected.
The Evening Star falls in love with a mortal princess and asks God to send him to earth, despite the other angels’ objections. The princess ultimately marries another mortal, leaving the Evening Star condemned to immortality.
Arald brings his dead bride Maria to a pagan Seer and asks him to revive her. The Seer turns Arald into a ghost, and Maria awakens. At dawn, the lovers embrace and are swallowed by the earth, leaving the Seer behind.
Ottoman sultan Baiazid demands the surrender of Mircea the Old. Peace talks fail, and Mircea vows to fight. The chorus recounts the ensuing battle and Wallachian victory, including the bravery of Mircea’s son Mihail. Mihail writes to his wife, telling her of the triumph and promising to return.
In sixteenth-century Prague, Rabbi Lőw creates a living Golem from clay. The Golem falls in love with the rabbi’s granddaughter Anna, and his touch and kiss infect her with a fatal illness. The rabbi destroys the Golem to save Anna.
During the 1784 Transylvanian peasant revolt, Horia first seeks reforms from the governor, then becomes commander of the uprising. He urges the serfs to resist vengeance, but the revolt is defeated. Horia and Cloșca are captured and sentenced to death; Ileana’s plea for clemency is rejected.
The Evening Star falls in love with a mortal princess and asks God to send him to earth, despite the other angels’ objections. The princess ultimately marries another mortal, leaving the Evening Star condemned to immortality.